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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.
Consonance
Theme
Elegy
Relative pitch
2. The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.
Minuet
Triple time
Timbre
Tonality
3. A complex piece of music. Usually the first movement of the piece serving as the exposition - a development - or recapitulation.
Tremolo
Sonata form
Key signature
Minuet
4. The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two - three - four beats to a measure.
Suite
Duet
Movement
Measure
5. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.
Allegro
Orchestration
Resonance
Triad
6. The distance in pitch between two notes.
Waltz
Choir
Interval
Theme
7. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Ensemble
Quartet
Libretto
Round
8. Either of the two octave arrangements in modern music. The modes are either major or minor.
Dynamics
Triple time
Tonality
Modes
9. The keyboard of a stringed instrument.
Sonatina
Clavier
Concert master
Tempo
10. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.
Hymn
Refrain
Development
Introduction
11. A piece of music played at the end of a recital responding to the audiences enthusiastic reaction to the performance - shown by continuous applause.
Polyphony
Accelerando
Allegro
Encore
12. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.
Portamento
Symphony
March
Register
13. A symbol indicating the note is to be raised by one semitone.
Treble
Sonata
Sharp
Scale
14. A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords - the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.
Recapitulation
Falsetto
Portamento
Development
15. A symbol in sheet music that returns a note to its original pitch after it has been augmented or diminished.
Natural
Resonance
Recitative
Sequence
16. The first section of a movement written in sonata form - introducing the melodies and themes.
Form
Whole note
Register
Exposition
17. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Recitative
Refrain
Consonance
Requiem
18. A harmonic given off by a note when it is played.
Chorale
Fugue
Partial
Waltz
19. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.
Tune
Fugue
Suite
Classical
20. A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.
Tonal
Unison
Portamento
Relative major and minor
21. A canon where the melody is sung in two or more voices. After the first voice begins - the next voice starts singing after a couple of measures are played in the preceding voice. All parts repeat continuously.
Classicism
Verismo
Deceptive cadence
Round
22. The voice between soprano and alto. Also - in sheet music - a direction for the tempo to be played at medium speed.
Drone
Mezzo
Scordatura
Notation
23. Introduction to an opera or other large musical work.
Quartet
Tune
Falsetto
Overture
24. Singing or chanting in unison without strict rhythm. Collected during the Reign of Pope Gregory VIII for psalms and other other parts of the church service.
Gregorian Chant
Conductor
Counterpoint
Time Signature
25. The keyboard of a stringed instrument.
Round
Clavier
Unison
Whole note
26. Rapid alternation between notes that are a half tone or whole tone apart.
Mezzo
Tone
Adagio
Trill
27. The raising and lowering a pitch of an instrument to produce the correct tone of a note.
Slur
Tuning
Finale
Instrumentation
28. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.
Slide
Ensemble
Coda
Fugue
29. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Vibrato
Ostinato
Fermata
Portamento
30. A group of 4 instruments - two violins - a viola - and cello.
String Quartet
Tremolo
Scherzo
Opera
31. Dull - monotonous tone such as a humming or buzzing sound. Also a bass note held under a melody.
Temperament
Drone
Klangfarbenmelodie
Septet
32. Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.
Contralto
Expressionism
Cavatina
Staff
33. The first violin in an orchestra.
Stretto
Baroque
Concert master
Tune
34. A system of notation for stringed instruments. The notes are indicated by the finger positions.
EnharmonicInterval
Obbligato
Interval
Tablature
35. A string of chords played in succession.
Pizzicato
Chord progression
Minuet
Flat
36. Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.
Recitative
Operetta
Scherzo
Tremolo
37. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Modes
Interpretation
Virtuoso
Instrumentation
38. The highest female voice.
Chamber music
Accessible
Soprano
Serenade
39. A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.
Portamento
Grave
Ostinato
Polytonality
40. Pertains to tone or tones.
Key
Part
Tonal
Root
41. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Cavatina
Virtuoso
Coda
Concert master
42. A group singing in unison.
Chorus
Piano
Rubato
Octet
43. Vocal composition written for three or more solo parts - usually without instrumental accompaniment.
Glee
Coda
Recital
System
44. A musical scale having five notes.For example: the five black keys of a keyboard make up a pentatonic scale.
Stretto
Pentatonic Scale
Da Capo
Register
45. A musical style characterized as excessive - ornamental - and trivial.
Rococo
Portamento
Musette
Neoclassical
46. A separate section of a larger composition.
Klangfarbenmelodie
Leading note
Development
Movement
47. A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition - each voice enters at different times - creating counterpoint with one another.
Time Signature
Whole-tone scale
Falsetto
Fugue
48. Eight full tones above the key note where the scale begins and ends.
Octet
Recital
Octave
Classicism
49. A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase - either in the middle or the end of a composition.
Interlude
Register
Cadence
Grazioso
50. Music of a particular form consisting of four movements. Each of the movements differ in tempo - rhythm - and melody; but are held together by subject and style.
Sharp
Sonata
Recital
Interpretation